Tycoon is king of the castle after winning battle to restore ancient clan stronghold

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A businessman has won permission to start plans to restore Castle Tioram as a home for his familyRoberto Matassa

Nick Drainey

Last updated at 12:01AM, June 27 2011

It is the ancestral home of Clanranald and has lain derelict on its rocky island stronghold since 1715, when it was burnt down to stop it falling into the hands of the Hanoverians.

Now, after years of legal wrangling, a businessman, Lex Brown, has won permission to start plans to restore Castle Tioram as a home for his family.

Since 1997 Mr Brown has been trying to persuade Historic Scotland to let him restore the ruin off the shore of Loch Moidart. But he was told that it had to remain as it was, for fear that that any work

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